2 Dollars Trident

Barbados adopted the trident as a national symbol at independence in 1966, breaking it from the British colonial badge as a deliberate act of distinction — the broken lower shaft was a specific design choice signaling the rejection of colonial status. This gold issue was struck by the Royal Canadian Mint under license, part of a broader bullion program Barbados launched to attract numismatic revenue as a small island economy with limited domestic minting infrastructure.